Other investors

Washington, USA

IFC (International Finance Corporation), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. IFC helps developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing investment, mobilizing capital in international financial markets, and providing advisory services to businesses and governments.

Luxemburg, Grand Duchy of Luxemburg

The European Investment Fund is the European Union's institution specialized in small and medium-sized enterprise risk financing. The EIF central mission is to support Europe’s small and medium-sized enterprises by helping them to access finance. The EIF designs and develops equity and guarantee instruments which specifically target this market segment. In this role, the EIF fosters EU objectives in support of innovation, research and regional development, entrepreneurship, growth, and employment.

La Valetta, Malta

APS Bank is an institution wholly owned by the Catholic Church in Malta. Over the years the Bank has sought to identify sectors in which it can contribute to their development. Areas like housing, agriculture, heritage, education, have all been strongly assisted by the Bank. The APS Bank is specialized in retail and community banking.

Paris, France

Crédit Mutuel is a cooperative bank with a strong local and regional focus. It is a large French retail banking group. Its three major services – banking, insurance and technology – are offered to all of its clients: individuals, SMEs, as well as to businesses of all sizes.

Oslo, Norway

CULTURA Bank is a fully licensed savings bank incorporated in 1996.

The by-laws of CULTURA state that the bank’s purpose is to finance projects that represent a value beyond the pure economic returns, such as ecological balance, social conditions and cultural diversity. The embryo of CULTURA Bank was a credit union, founded in 1984. Following a long process, the banking licence was granted in August 1996. (Member of FEBEA).

Trento, Italy

The Cooperative Federation from the Trentino region in Northern Italy was created in 1881 and counts today more than 200,000 members among the half a million inhabitants of the region. It is a network of cooperatives, which includes credit, agricultural, retail and labour, social services and building co-operatives which employ in total over 13,000 people. The Federation is partner of the project through several member organisations (i.e. the insurance company ITAS VITA). (The central institution of the Federazione Trentina is member of FEBEA).

Niort, France

Mutuelle Assurance Instituteur France offers insurance services. The company offers life, health, accident, automobile and property insurance. Mutuelle Assurance Instituteur France also provides online insurance as well as advisory services. The company is based in Niort, France.

Padova, Italy

Banca Etica is the first institution of ethical finance in Italy. It is the result of collaboration of 21 non-profit organizations which established a Cooperative in 1995 in order to raise € 6.5 million to launch a genuine “Banca Popolare”. Today, the goal is to promote socio-economic initiatives based on the principles of a model of human development and social sustainability, where production of wealth and its distribution are based on values of solidarity and responsibility toward civil society. (Member of FEBEA).

Vienna, Austria

Sberbank, formerly known as Volksbanken International, is closely linked to the communities and national economies where it operates. Corporate Social Responsibility is deeply anchored in the corporate philosophy. Sberbank Europa therefore constantly supports social projects with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe, international understanding, minorities, and education.

Gennevilliers, France

The Up group, creator of the Chèque Déjeuner® and the world number 3 in prepaid vouchers and cards, is unique in terms of its cooperative structure and organisational set-up. This uniqueness shapes the way they operate: their model is based on social responsibility and their preoccupations centre on organisational efficiency and individual quality of life.

Paris, France

For 25 years Ecofi Investissements has been particularly dedicated to the values of social economy and solidarity-based activities.

True to the founding ethics that the group to which it belongs - Crédit Coopératif –retains, together with those of its clients and partners, the firm was a pioneer when launching the first revenue-sharing fund in Europe in 1983 and since then has acquired real expertise in ethical and solidarity-related investing. As the in-house investment manager of Crédit Coopératif, Ecofi Investissements runs close to €9 billion of assets under management with a staff of over sixty professionals.

Copenhagen, Denmark

It is the main objective of Merkur to give and facilitate financial advice and financing to profit making and not-for-profit projects. This involves not just an economic evaluation but also ethical, environmental and social assessments.

Poznan, Poland

The basic role of SGB-Bank SA is to support the development, to build up and to strengthen the competitive position of 207 associated banks of the SGB - Spółdzielcza Grupa Bankowa (Cooperative Banking Group). At the same time, it is a universal bank with a nation-wide range of operation, operating mainly in large cities, focusing on businesses as well as markets and client segments not serviced by cooperative banks.